Use article and finish "Offense or Defense" -- write the term that fits the illustrations and ID it as O for Offense or D for Defense in protecting/attacking a castle. Everything you ID as Defense should be a component of your castle design on Friday.

SG for test on 3/23.

3/13 -- Article: "Castles and Forts Give More Power to the Nobility" -- answer in CS. Think how the info/questions can help you plan your castle diagram for Friday.

If you did not finish Castle Life in class, it is HW.

SG for test on 3/23.

3/9 -- Using all 5 Venn Diagrams (4 on 2-sided yellow, one rectangular about Knights vs. Samurai), write a compare/contrast narrative. Choose whether you are a knight or samurai, who has miraculously traveled to the other warrior's culture. Pick one Big Idea from each of the 5 diagrams, and discuss how that is the same for both of you, but show the contrast by describing how the specific details are different (e.g. both wear armor, but armor made differently for different fighting functions). Highlight or number your 5 sets of compare/contrast passages in the narrative.

3/8 -- Finish the Venn diagrams from class on: Son of Knight vs. Son of Samurai, Chivalry vs. Bushido, Medieval European Feast vs. Medieval Japanese Feasts. Use the resource material passed out in class.

SG for test on 3/23.

3/7 -- Finish whatever work from class you did not complete. "Armor" and "Weapons" are for prizes, and for when we compare Knights and Samurai on Weds. and Thursday. "Knights and Knighthood"/"Tournaments" is graded.

SG for test on 10/23.

3/6 -- Pretend you are a squire the night before you become a knight. You have hired a scribe to write a letter home to your parents (because you are illiterate), telling them: 1) what has your training for a knight been like; and 2) what you expect your future as a knight to involve. Write a minimum of 2 paragraphs, and use all 6 required words from "Knights and Knighthood," pg. 9.

3/2 -- Feudal Pyramid Cartooning Project due. Follow directions.

NT Wkbk. 6-2 on Feudalism due.

3/1 -- Using all the materials from Friday and Monday, and following the directions page passed out (and gone over) in class, students need to produce a Feudal Pyramid Cartooning Project.

2/23 -- Using all the resources from today (notes, article, 2 biographies), write 8 text messages (4 each) between Henry IV and Gregory VII. Each text should have a fact in it to support their claim over who should have more power, the king or the pope. Remember to use the person's POV in the text -- each man was very stubborn and did not listen, so incorporate that.

Test is 2/23. Read SG over multiple times.

2/22 -- Using Lecture Notes and illustrations, answer SU 1A and 2A, unless you finished them in class.

Role of Monasteries/Vikings

The Medieval Church -- 2-sided

Test on 2/23.

2/21 -- Using all the resources from today's lesson (lecture graphic, articles, illustrations, textbook), pick 5 facts/experiences/events. Incorporate them into a blog, and online diary, pretending you are a Norseman. Add details and information to make your writing POP off the page. Make sure to put the 5 items you chose to include into an order that makes sense. Title it, "My Life as a Viking."

Test on 2/23. Memorize your SG by reading it out loud to yourself at least 5 times each night, if you learn by hearing. If you are a physical learner, copy each section over and over until you have mastered it, then move on to a new section. If you aer a visual learner, read it to yourself quietly 5 times per night.

2/16 -- Barbarian Map of Europe Project, worth 100 points. Follow directions which you should have copied in your planner, and again on the back of your map: Using p. 325 in your textbook as a model, label 45 barbarian groups in their correct locations after the fall of Rome, draw/trace 11 rivers in blue and label 7 of them, color blue 6 bodies of water and label them, and color 3 mountain ranges brown and label them. Sp./cap. matter. No regular pencil should be visible, and you do not have to color the background (the European continent) in, because it will hide your labels.

New Binder List #1for Binder #3 went home.

SG for test on 2/23 went home.

2/13 -- Binder #2 due. (Studetns: All info below listed under 1/30, which I have been referring you to for days now, or it has been posted on the board in the room for over a week, so none of this is a surprise)

Units to include (in this order, first unit = first in Binder, etc.) = Medieval Islamic Empires, Medieval African Empires, Medieval China, Medieval Japan (also list them in that order on your cover).

Binder Lists for each unit should be filed right in front of Day 1 papers of each respective unit.

NO WORKBOOK PAGES SHOULD BE IN BINDER as none of them were on your Binder Lists. Minus 2 pts. for each wkbk. page included.

NO PAGES IN FRONT OR BACK POCKETS of your Binder. Minus 2 pts. for each paper shoved into the front or back pocket, as how will they be a resource for you like that??

All pages hole punched, and in the order of the day you received them, as listed on the Binder Lists.

Cover = no regular pencil visible, by hand or printer, at least one illustration (hand-drawn or downloaded), no sp./cap. errors, and follow the directions on the board (they have been posted for over a week now). DO NOT USE lined notebook paper for the cover paper. Use computer paper. Do not tape your cover page on. If you do not have the plastic front pocket on your Binder to slide the cover into, then hole-punch the cover and place it before Binder List #1.

1/30 -- Read Ch. 5-1, Early Medieval Japan. Answer p. 301, #1-7 in CS, except for #3 timeline. Add 5 dates to the 2 dates they give you (2 dates are entire centuries), and use phrases to describe an event for each of the 7 dates (7 dates, 7 events). 300 BC and 300 AD are two different dates.

New SG passed out for test on 2/9.

Binder #2 due 2/13. Included are Islamic Empires, African Empires, Medieval China, Medieval Japan, IN THAT ORDER. Cover must be in ink and cover all the required elements shown in the sample on the board. Binder Lists should be in front of each section, with Day 1 for each region right after, then Day 2, etc. BE NEAT and NO WORKBOOK PAGES!! Wkbk. pages = -2 pts. per page. Anything in front or back pocket = -2 pts. per page. Tabbing the 4 Binder Lists gets extra credit.

1/26 -- Study Guide (SG) due, test on Ch. 4, Medieval China.

1/24 & 1/25 -- If you are a Thursday presenter, PRACTICE!! And if you are a Shark on Thursday, prepare your questions. Remember, if you are absent for a presentation, there is no possible way to make it up.

SG due on 1/26 for test on 1/26. SG passed out 1/8. Should have been done by Weds., 1/17.

1/23 -- Be ready for practice presentations. Read earlier entries for all info. Remember, if you are absent for a presentation, there is no possible way to make it up.

1/22 -- Be creative with your numbers while you answer #4 question from the Directions page. You can look things up online, or make up your accounting. Accuracy is not important, but consistency is -- everyone in your group should know your costs for the different categories, your pricing for the item you are producing, and the % of profit per month. Best guess is fine!! Relax!!

Try to work on board together so you have class time to practice presentations. FILL the board. Answer all 4 questions, use charts and graphs for #4, and full-size illustrations. Matte your work. Impress the Sharks with your effort!

On Monday, you will find out what day you are a Shark, and what day you present, Wednesday or Thursday. Boards are due the day you present.

SG for test on 1/26.

1/19 -- Your Shark Tank Team should have assigned the 1st 3 questions from the directions. Answer the one(s) you were assigned in a full detailed paragraph(s), using persuasive speech (sales pitch). Print it out in large font and be ready to glue it to your board.

The Ghana Quiz retake will be 12/14, for people who earned D's and F's (such as those who walked out with the quiz instead of turning it in). No grade will be higher than a C, as it is the 2nd time you have taken it. Remember to have both the Ghana articles that were listed on the board all week before, and on the test day, to use, and are again listed on the board.

12/11 -- Using 3 articles from class, write a 1 paragraph (5 sentences minimum) blog pretending to be Leo Africanus. Describe 3 adventures/experiences you have had. One experience MUST be about your trip to Timbuktu. Write in 1st person, be detailed, and be kinda a braggart.

NT Wkbk. assigned since 12/4 is due.

SG must be done to play Review Game. SG will be collected 12/12 for the test.

12/8 -- Using lecture notes, the 2 biographies we went over together, and the 3 Songhay articles, write 8 text messages (4 each) between Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammed arguing over who was the best leader of Songhay. Remember, in texting, it is a conversation, with each person responding to what the other said and then providing a new fact as to why they were the best ruler. Use POV, 1st person.

See 12/6 for more info on what is due.

For some reason, about 20 students out of 170 kept their open-article quizzes on Friday instead of turning them in at the end of the period. This means they earned a zero out of a normally 45 point quiz. Some periods were perfect (Period 6) and followed the verbal and written directions to turn in the quizzes before leaving. In each of the other periods, 2 to 10 students per period ignored directions and really hurt their grades. Not good choices.

12/4 -- If you did not finish GR 3-1 T/F in class, then it becomes HW.

12/1 -- NT Wkbk. 3-1, assigned Monday, due.

Read and answer Ghana: Trade and Development -- need to have it done to help with your quiz tomorrow. Phrases/short answers fine. You will be using Ghana: An Early Empire (from Wednesday) with your quiz also.

Reread Kingdom of Ghana -- 2 questions, use CS.

SG for test on 12/12.

11/30 -- Mapping Questions -- use pre-printed Physiographic Map passed out Day 3 (11/29) to answer in phrases. Sp./cap. matter. All 18 labels on map used once on answer sheet.

Read article on Ghana, answer questions with CS. DO NOT use another paper to write your answers on.

Map assigned Day 2 due 11/30. See below for info, plus should have been copied in your planner.

Texts -- 8 total, 4 each, between Suleiman and Akbar -- Who was the greatest leader of an Islamic Empire? Use the 2 articles for Suleyman, 1 for Akbar, to find 4 facts for each leader to support their claim of being the best. Do not write the texts on the articles, use notebook paper or type. Remember to use the leader's POV (point of view).

NT 2-3 due 11/17, day of the test on Ch. 2. NT 2-1 will be graded then too (should have been finished on 11/9).

SG must be done by 11/16 to participate in the Review Game. SG collected on 11/17, day of the test on Ch. 2.

11/9 -- Finish Timeline from class. Phrases OK.

Using 2 biographies you annotated in class, write 8 text messages (4 each) between Abu Bakr and Umar, discussing which one was the best caliph. You may use abreviations. EACH TEXT/MESSAGE needs to have a different fact from the articles supporting the speaker's claim. You must think Point of View (POV) of the speaker, and the time period they are from, when creating your arguments. Use regular lined notebook paper or type them. Only messages with facts in them will earn points. No points for "Hi" or "How are you?" Pretend they are already in the middle of their conversation.

11/7 -- Using textbook Ch. 2-1, answer GR 2-1, The Rise of Islam, in CS. If you didn't finish your SG for quiz, answer it as you do GR 2-1, they cover the same info.

Bio -- Khadija -- answer ALL questions in CS.

Quiz on 11/7. Can use SG during quiz, just like the last quiz.

NT Wkbk. 2-1 due 11/9 (assigned 11/2).

11/6 -- Questions from Deserts, Oases, Coastal Plains, Mountains pages due. Please staple the regions pages in that order for turn-in. Use yellow packet for answers. Have had these 9 questions assigned since Halloween. Answering in phrases/short answers OK.

11/2 -- Using the 4 colored sheets on regions in the Arabian Peninsula (Deserts, Oases, Coastal Plains, Mountains), draw a 4-layered map of the area. Use the white map paper we started in class. No regular pencil visible on the final map, and it is fine to leave the Wasteland area white. You should have 17 labels on your map, all spelled and capitalized correctly (labels from the 4 colored regions pages).

The questions on the 4 colored regions pages are not due until Monday. Just do the map tonight.

IMPORTANT -- Get parent to sign gradesheet (PS on GS) for extra credit.

Constantinople Map -- Follow directions #1-5 step by step (notice the clues!!). Answer the 4 questions on the back in quick phrases.

SG #3 for quiz on 10/30 -- answer #1-5 tonight.

Binder #1 due 11/3. Cover info posted on board on Weds.

Binder rules -- Cover = no regular pencil. Binder Lists should be in front of each section they cover (Binder List @1 before Day 1, Binder List #2 before Day 11, etc.). NO papers in inside cover pockets = -2 pts. each. Papers need to be in the order they are listed on the Binder Lists. Lecture Notes are obviously suppose to be included (look at the lists). NOBLANK NOTEBOOK PAPER ALLOWED. ONLY the papers listed on the list, or passed out in class, should be in Binder.

10/25 -- Read Ch. 1-3 on the Byzantine Empire (should have started in class), and answer questions on p. 165, #1-7 in CS on a lined piece of paper. For question 3# -- draw the diagram and use phrases to answer it (4 answers). You NEVER write the questions.

New SG for Byz. Emp. quiz on 10/30 will be passed out Weds.

Binder #1 will be due 11/3, a week from Friday.

10/24 -- SG #2 should be done, STUDY for test. You have had 24 days to do 15 questions.

NT Wkbk. 1-1 and 1-2 due, been assigned since 10/11.

10/20 -- Make sure your group has AT LEAST 25 reasons/supporting details for why Rome fell. Tonight, go thru all your notes and info from Day 18 thru Day 23 to get as many more reasons as you can so your team earns full points and hopefully some extra credit!

SG #2 must be done by Monday, 10/23 to play the Reviw Game for prizes.

SG #2 (passed out 10/4) and NT Wkbk. 1-1 & 1-2 (passed out 10/11) are due 10/24, same day as the test.

SG #2 (assigned since 10/4) and NT 1-1 and 1-2 (assigned since 10/11) are due 10/24, day of the test. So the students have 20 days to answer 15 SG questions and 13 days to do their workbook, including the 3 class days I was gone.

Test = 10/24. SG should be done by 10/23 to play the Review Game. SG collected on the test day.

Notetaking Wkbk. (NT) 1-1, 1-2 -- due 10/24. Students should have annotated it today, 10/11, with the directions. Phrases fine, but lines should be filled in with DETAILS. NT Wkbk. & SG VERY similar questions, so I recommend as you do one, have the other open next to you to do at the same time. Do a little each night.

HW AMNESTY FROM 10/3 -- 10/11.

10/6 -- Using the LN's, answer SU 9A. Sp./cap. matter.

"Time Travel to Ancient Rome" Brochure due. Been assigned since 9/15. Use both sides and all directions on the blue directions sheet.

10/5 -- Using the LN and illustrations/map, answer SU 8A.

Read the biography of Diocletian and answer all 3 questions in CS.

Brochures due 10/6. Been assigned since 9/15. Use blue directions page.

Binder List #3 & SG #2 went home.

10/4 -- Read the 2 articles and answer questions in CS: "Roman Empire in All its Glory," and "The Middle East and the Roman Empire."

Brochure due 10/6, use the blue sheet of directions (2-sided).

OK, Parents, some commentary is needed -- The Study Guide (SG) was not "Weekend HW," but has been assigned nightly since 9/11, the 1st day we started Rome. Students were suppose to answer the question(s) that applied that night based on what we covered in class. I went over which ones to do each day the 1st week, then made them figure it out after that. The final day the needed info was gone over was 9/25, which is the day the students should have finished their SG's.....and yet, over a 3rd of each class came in with the SG not done, with most not even started.

The test is Tuesday, 10/3 (tomorrow). Students who finished their SG's rocked the Review Game, and are hopefully fine-tuning their studying, which is the HW for 10/2. For those students who have barely started their 100 pt. SG assignment they have had for 22 days (to answer 12 questions, 37 total answers), maybe it is time you got to work.

Brochures are due 10/6. They have been assigned since 9/15. Check how your child is doing, please.

10/2 -- STUDY GUIDES MUST BE DONE to play the Review Game for the test. SG's will be collected for a grade (worth 100 pts. of HW) on test day, 10/3.

Early turn-in for extra credit of brochures = 10/2. DO NOT turn in incomplete brochures.

Time Travel to Ancient Rome Brochure due 10/6. Been assigned since 9/15. Use the blue directions page.

9/29 -- Using your lecture notes, answer SU 8A. Sp./cap. matter.

SG should be done for Review Game on 10/2, or you will not participate for prizes.

9/27 -- Read textbook Ch. 1-1, Life in Ancient Rome, and answer Guided Reading (GR) 1-1, Life in Ancient Rome, while you read. Spelling & capitalization matter. REMEMBER WE CROSSED OFF THE BACK, SU 6A ON RELIGION. We will do that page together on Friday, as notes for your project.

Read the 4 articles I passed out and annotate them as though you were going to use that subject for your project, 4 facts with details for: Art, Architecture, and Domestic Life.

See 9/26 for test and project info.

9/26 -- Read article, "The Rhine River: Border of the Roman Empire," and answer all questions in CS. Use the map, with the annotations we made, for # 4 & 5.

Read the article "The Mighty Roman Army," and annotate for 4 facts w/ details you could use for your brochure.

NEW DIRECTIONS PAGE FOR PROJECT WENT HOME, WITH FINAL SET OF DIRECTIONS FOR TIME TRAVEL BROCHURE OF ANCIENT ROME. Due 10/6.

SG must be done by 10/2 to play Review Game. SG will be turned in for a grade on test day, 10/3.

Bio -- Octavian Augustus -- Use Complete Sentences (CS) or lose points. Answer ON the page, NOT on another paper. Answer #1-3 only in CS.

Finish reading "Politics & Citizenship" article.

Brochure's 1st 4 pages, on tan directions page, should be done by Friday so you do not get behind.

Keep working on SG, and do Binder daily.

9/15 -- Using the LN's and the back of the illustration from Day 3, answer SU 12A on Julius Caesar. For the middle section, you can write in paragraph format to describe 5 events in JC's life, OR you could pretend you are an interviewer and JC is answering your questions, OR you could have JC writing it as a blog (remember to use JC's voice -- ARROGANT!), OR you could write it as though it is an article in a Julius Caesar fan magazine, OR...anything you can come up with. BUT make sure the events are from Day 3 & 4 LN's and use details.

Last section -- write in the style of a journalist, first person on the scene of the assassination. Be creative but historically accurate.

Keep SG and Binder updated.

9/14 -- Using LN's and illustration, answer SU 5A.

SG/Binder -- keep updated.

Read p. 8, "Poli. & Citi.".

9/13 -- The students need to work on following directions and writing MORE details and info in their answers.

Using the chart on the 3 branches of Roman government, do SU 4A. Use the lecture notes too for the bottom section.

Read and annotate p. 7 of "Politics and Citizenship".

SG -- answer questions on 509 BC, consul, Senate, patrician, plebian.

Have Day 2 organized in your Binder.

9/12 -- Using the Map Illustration, answer Study Unit (SU) 1A.

Using the Lecture Notes (LN's) and Etruscan Heritage Illustration (on back of Map Illustration), answer SU 2A (on back of 1A).

Read and highlight the article "The Rise of Rome" for interesting facts and new info. Skip the activities.

Do Study Guide (SG) #4 and define the Apennine Mts. for #9.

Hole punch and put Day 1 papers in Binder behind Binder List (BL) #1.

New students to class -- read the orange syllabus with your parents and return signed bottom section. Worth 2 tickets.

9/8 -- Read over orange syllabus, and fill out the bottom and return it to class for tickets. Get your 1" Binder by Monday.